Spooling- machine



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Application filed July 28,

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Be it known that I, `IioUIs Bnnzon, a citizen of the United States,` residing at Philadelphia, county of` Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulv Improvement in Spooling Machines, ofmfhich theffollowingl is a full,

clear, and exact description,rcference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. ,1

My inventionrelates `to yarn winding apparatus, whereinithe yarn is drawn from a certain source and wound upon spools or bobbins as a step inthe textile industry rcalledspoolingf: n

In machines of thischaracter, it is common to have the spools mounted horizontally, one end resting upoirthe periphery of driving wheelsfon a constant ydriven shaft.

the `winding of hundredsl of spools it is inipossible for him to stop and change each one attheright timerr The result that spools delivered contain yarying amounts ofyarn ony .them,lbesides requiring great watchfulnessandmore operators todothe work.

The object `of lmyinventionisto automatically stop the spools when they have been wound witha-certain amount, thus visually calling the attention of the operator to their being full and giving him time to replace and start them again. My automatic stop raises the end of a filled spool `out of contact with its driving wheel. Thus, with my invention, the operator has a definite stop to go by. A glance at a machine shows him when spools are cocked up out of line and stopped, and he is able to tend many more spools than before, besides delivering each one of them filled to the same predetermined amount.

1922. Serial No. 578,036.

I will now describe my invention in detail, an embodiment of which is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- `F1g.nl is a front view of a portion of a spooling machine with my invention applied thereto.

Fig. v2 is an end view of same shown by a section on line 2-2 Fig. 1. Y

Fig. '3 is a perspective view of the mechanism spread apart for clearness.

Fig. 4E is an end view of same looking from the left at Fig. 3. I

Figs. 5 and 6 are corresponding vertical sections showing the latch in set and tripped positions.

Fig. 7 shows various other forms of latch.

Jas shown in Figs. l and 2, the winding machine comprises a longitudinal pipe frame a to which are attached cross frames b, only one of which is shown. The cross frame projects in two similar arms c on either side of frame o, which arms carry sockets at their ends for spools d. These sockets are double, one portion e having a. bottom and stop supporting one end of the spool spindle, the

other portion f haying no bottom (as clearly shown in Fig. 2), wherein the opposite end of the spool spindle floats. This end of the spindle has a weighted drum portion g which rests upon a wheel 71, carried by driving shaft i. n

. Each socket e-f is, therefore, arranged to carry the supported end of one spool andthe iioating end of the spool next to it, and cach l spool is rotated by its heavy portion g rest'-H ing upon a driving wheel h.

'f Theyarn g/ is taken `from the hankcr other source and fed uniformlyacross the face of the spool by passing through an eye j on longitudinal bar 7c which is reciprocated back and forth by means not shown as it is well known in the art and does not enter into the scope of my invention.

For my automatic stop I provide a bracket m secured to the machine as by saddle and screw Z. Pivoted to the under part of this bracket is a lever n, carrying at its rear end a weight 0 and at its forward end a hinged upright p, which has pin and slot connection with the bracket at g. Lever n is ar- Figure 6.

ranged to extend directly beneath the driven end head of spool (Z, so that, when free to act, weight will cause the forward end of the lever to raise this end of the spool away from its driving wheel 72,.

' To hold lever a out ot action, I provide a latch o? pivoted to a iiap 8 hanging from a hinge pin at the top otl bracket m, see partieularlyFigures and 6. When lever n is downout oi'lf action, the uprightv ya is helddown by latch r, as shown in Fig. 5. A depending piece t, suspended trom the same hinge pin as flap s, hangs in such position y that it rests against the upper part of latch 1 and is sutlicient to prevent the latch from turning. i

The lower end of piece t carries an-,adj ustable pointjia'between the feeding trame Z; and the spool. Thus as the spoollills up ind ithe line of the yarn trom eye rises higher,

layer by layer, until the spool is considered full, point n isset to come in the path of the yarn, and being curvedor bevelled towards the latch, in the next movement of the feed away therefrom, the yarnwill catch said point and move it enoughv totalre the pressure of piece t oli of the latch. This allows the latch to turn on its pivot and upright D instantly slips past, into position shown in In this movement,llever.l n acts and raises the spool above it out of action as described, shown in broken lines in Figure et. After breaking the yarn and replacing the filled s poohwith an empty one, the operator has only to depress theend of lever @i with hisriinger, whenupright 29 again latches itself, and the device is ready for another operation.

Point u' is adjustable by means ot set screw-Q) to act when any desired amount of yarn hasbeen wound. I havedescribed the mechanism for one spool,.but.it` isV understood that there is similar mechanism tor I-Iaving now fully described my invention,

what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

l. In a yarn spooling machine, a spool, means to drive thev spool, a thread of yarn to be spooled, means to reciprocate thethread of yarn in its passage to the spool longitudinally thereof during the winding operation, and means actuated bythe reciprocated thread of yarn in its passage tothe spool adapted tol interrupt' the drive of the spool.

2. In a spooling machine, in combination, a spool, a friction wheel adapted to drive the spool, a lever adapted to act to lift said spool out ot driving relation withthe friction wheel, a latch adapted to normally hold said lever out of action, and means.. acting,

'when said spoolis full, tov trip said latch and permit said lever to. actto litt said spool;

3. In a spooling machine, in combination, a spool, a friction wheel adapted to drive;l

the spool, a lever adapted. to act to litt said. spool out ot driving relation with theiriction wheel, alatch adapted to normally4 hold said lever out of action, a trip forsaid latch adapted tobe. actuated by contact with the. thread of yarn passing to the. spool when the spool is filled to ther required amount.

l. In a yarn spooling machine, adriving wheel, a spool driven by said: wheel, areciprocating yarn feed, yarnv passing from the, feed to the spool, a. lever foryliftingV the.j

spool out of driving relation with .the wheel,

a latch to hold said lever inactive, and a.

the spool, a reciprocating eediontheyarn,

a wheel adapted to. drivethespool, an arm for lifting the spooli outzoiA driving; relation; to the wheel, a-latchto; restrain said1,arm,.a,

trip for springing: thelatch, and meansfto;

adjust the tripto act when predetermined-V amount otyarn is Woundon theispool.

In testimony of Which-'inventiom Ihave:y

hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Pa., on this 26th dayy of July, 1922.

LOUIS. BERZON. 

